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SMOKER S STAND Filed April 19, 1927 i 6 INVENTOR z 0270 @erw/z eff/rz' sATTORNEY Patented Oct. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE OTTO J.GERSCHE'FSXI, OF MEBIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASBIGNOB T0 THE H. E. BAINAUDCOMPANY, F MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPOBATION OF CONNECTICUT suoxnafssum;

I Application led April 19, 1827. Serial No. 184,927.

This invention relates to furniture, and more particularly to acombination lamp and smokers stand.

One object of this invention is to provide an article of furniture ofthe above nature 1n which the smokers stand is provided with a cigarlighter operated from current supplied by the same conductor whichsupplies current to the lamp.

0 A further object is to provide an article of furniture of the abovenature which is convertible into a smokers stand.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of the abovenature which 5 will be simple in construction, inexpenslve tomanufacture, easy to manipulate, ornamental in appearance, and veryefficient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view there 0 has been illustrated on theaccompanying drawings two forms in whichthe invention may beconveniently embodied in practice.

Fig. 1 represents a side view partly in section of the device as itappears when converted into a smokers stand.

Fig. 2 is a side view partly in section and on a reduced scale of thecomplete combination lamp and smokers stand.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the shelf of the 0 smokers stand.

Fig. 4 is a diagram of the electrical connections.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a modied form of insulating member adaptedto be located in the ornamental base. l

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral indicatesthe ornamental base of the device, said base being preferably madeconical in shape, as shown in Fig. 1. The base 10 is provided with abushing 11 through which passes a conducting cord 12 leadin to a houselighting wall outlet, not shown. he cord 12 comprises a pair of supplyconductors 13 and 14 connected by binding screws 15 and 16 to aninsulating member 17 located under the ornamental conical base 10. Theinsulatin member 17 has a reduced upper neck 18 tted within the apex ofsaid comcal base 10, and is provided at its center with a verticalpassage 19, the upper end of which is threaded to receive the lowerthreaded end of a tube 20. The upper end of the tube 20 is also threadedat 21 and is adapted to engage a lower threaded depending neck 22 of acircular shelf 23, said shelf 23 being adapted to support any desiredsmokers articles, such as a -pair of ash trays 24 and 25 and a cigarlighter 26.

The shelf 23 is provided with a raised rim 27 to prevent the articlesfrom sliding 0E, and the periphery of said shelf has a key-hole slot 28to provide a support for the cigar lighter 26. The cigar lighter 26 isconnected by a conductor cord 29 to a plug member 30 adapted to beinserted in either of a pair of twin sockets 31 and 32 of a doublereceptacle 33. The receptacle 33 is of standard rec-J tangular shape andis adapted to be located in a similar shaped recess in the shelf 23. Thereceptacle 33 has a flange 34 located underneath said shelf 23 and belowsaid flange is a depending body member 35.

The flange 34 and the body member 35 are housed within a casing 36having a side bushing 37 through which a pair of electric conductorcords 38 and 39 are adapted to pass into said receptacle 33. Theconductor cords 38 and 39 also pass through a bushing 40 in the neck 22and then down through the tube 20 into the hollow conical base 10, wherethey are connected to the supply conductors 13 and 14 by the bindingscrews 15 and 16.

The top of the shelf 23 is provided with an ornamental neck 41internally threaded for interchangeably receiving the lower thread- 4edend of a handle member 42 (see Fig. 1)

or the lower threaded end of a lamp supporting tube 43 (see Fig. 2).Mounted upon the top of the tube 43 is an ornamental section 44 and alaterally extending hollow bridge arm 45, from which is pivotallysupported a lamp 46 having a shade 47. Current is supplied to the lamp46 by a pair of conductors 48 and 49 of smaller gauge than theconductors 39 and 40, said conductors 48 and 49 passing down through thetube 43 and the tube 20 and being connected to the supply conductors 13and 14 by the binding screws 15 and 16 of the insulating member 17.

In operation, when the parts are in the position shown in Fig.` 1,thedevice may be used solely as a smokers stand. It will beunderstood,however, that if desired, one `or both of the sockets 31 and 32 may beemployed for supplying current to electric heaters, vacuum cleaners,radio sets, or any other power consuming appliances other than a cigarlighter. l

When it is desired to convert the device into a combination lamp andsmokers stand, it will only be necessary to unscrew the handle 42 fromthe neck 41 and replace it with the lamp supporting tube- 43.

The modified form of insulating base mem` ber 50 shown in Fig. 5 issimilar to that shown in Fig. 1 and a cup-shaped cover 51 is provided toavoid the possibility of short circuits.

The cover 51 is provided with a central aperture 52 for admitting thetwo-wire conductor cord 12, and said cover member is detachablyconnected to the body member 17 by means of a pair of oppositelydisposed screws 53, said screws being located at 90 degrees from theposition o f the binding screws 15 and 16.

One advantage of the present invention is that when the conductor cord12 connecting the base with the wall outlet becomes worn, it may beeasily replaced without changing the other wires leading to the powerconsuming units and lamp and without the .necessity of soldering,taping, or splicing wires.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in whichthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form isshown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention isnot to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified andembodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. Inshort, the invention includes all the modifications and embodimentscoming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, andfor which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. In an article of furniture, a hollow standard'adapted to rest uponthe floor, a shelf mounted 011 said standard and having a slot, anelectric socket depending from said shelf, a ci ar lighter carried bysaid shelf and detac ably mounted in said slot, and a pair of conductorsconnected to said socket and passing down through said standard, andmeans in the base of said standard for connecting said conductorsto asource of current.

2. In an article of furniture, a hollow standard adapted to rest uponthe floor, a

shelf mounted on said standard and having a slot, an electric socketdepending from said shelf, a cigar lighter carried by said shelf anddetachably mounted in said slot, a pair of conductors connected to saidsocket and passing down through said standard, and means in' the base ofsaid standard for connecting said conductors to a source of current,said socket having a fiange located under said shelf.

3. In an article of furniture, a hollow standard adapted to rest uponthe floor, a shelf mounted on said standard and having a slot, anelectric socket depending from said-

